"Offer to the Lord the gift of thy shoulders, and the sacrifice of sanctification, and the firstfruits of the holy things: A gift hath grace in the sight of all the living. Don’t restrain grace from the dead. And stretch out thy hand to the poor, that thy expiation and thy blessing may be perfected. Be not wanting in comforting them that weep, and walk with them that mourn. Be not slow to visit the sick: for by these things thou shalt be confirmed in love. In all thy works remember thy last end, and thou shalt never sin."
(Ecclesiasticus, 7, 36-40)
